Where does “scrapyard” come from?

scrapyard (English) comes from English Yard, from English milliard, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille.

scrapyard (English): A junkyard, a place where scrap is stored,...

Definitions

  1. A junkyard, a place where scrap is stored,...

Ancestry of “scrapyard”, step by step

scrapyard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Yard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYardScotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
2Englishmilliard10, a thousand million
3FrenchmilliardA milliard
4Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
6Old Frenchmillon—
7Italianmilionemillion
8Italianmillethousand
9LatinMīllethousand; 1000
10Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via English scrap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscrapA piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete...
2Middle Englishscrappe—
3Old Norseskrap—
4Old Norseskrapato clatter; to prate; to scratch out
5Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →